Chicago Tribune Article Sets Table for Earthrise Public Hearing
Chicago Tribune reporter John Lippert spent three weeks investigating the Earthrise mega-solar project, visiting with residents, revealing non-disclosure agreements, million-dollar offers, active leases outside the zoning application, State influences, and local consequences, as Earthrise Corporation attempts to rush its mega-solar project through Will County’s zoning process. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/29/solar-farm-will-county/?share=cw6m0ohotsu0cwcrfuiy
FINAL Reminder to Attend March 30th Earthrise Public Hearing
Dear Neighbors and Officials: Meeting Monday, March 30th is the date for the only public hearing for the proposed 6100-acre scattered-site Earthrise mega-solar facility in the rural Townships of Green Garden, Manhattan, and Wilton. The hearing before the Will County Planning & Zoning Committee (PZC) will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Center,…
Local Resident Opposes Joliet Mega-Data Center
At the March 16th, 2026 Joliet City Council meeting, Watershed Committee member Jeff Becker raised issues of transparency and conflicts of interest regarding the 20-billion dollar Hillwood data center project, proposed on a 795-acre site one mile west of Manhattan Township. https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/how-much-money-city-joliet-city-planner-going-get-project-data-center-foe-inq
Local Residents Oppose Data Center
https://fwrnews.com/2026/03/06/joliet-data-center-plan-advances-to-city-council-for-march-16-vote/
PLEASE Write a Letter
Dear Neighbors and Local Officials: Discovery Last August, a chance phone call about local flooding exposed a multi-year, clandestine effort by a global corporation to industrialize Will County’s largest remaining farming district. Public records revealed property agreements for a massive 600 MW, 1.5 million solar panel utility spanning six rural townships, extending south of Frankfort…
June 2026
NO Workshop Board Meeting – NON-VOTING
July 2026
NO Plan Commission Meeting
Food Pantry at Jackson Creek Fellowship Church
Green Garden Township Board Meeting